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BUCKLE
Unique ID: SF-8A3B39
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval buckle, dating to AD 1000-1100. It consists of a D-shaped frame, which has an oval cross-section and a narrowed and off set bar; at either end of the bar there is a moulded animal with the mouth open towards the pin bar itself. The front face of the outer edge of the frame has a shallow notch for the missing pin. The surface is very worn.
See other examples on this database: LIN-5E320A, YORYM-971456, DENO-5BFEE2, DENO-0F5AB1.
Length: 24.32 mm
Width: 32.89 mm
Thickness: 7.09 mm
Weight: 16.70 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.32 mm
Width: 32.89 mm
Thickness: 7.09 mm
Weight: 16.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th November 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Wantisden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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